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LEOPOLD - Only a handful of Perry Central Community School band members were able to compete in district-level solo and ensemble contests due to weather Jan. 30, their director reported, but the few who did performed well.

TELL CITY - The winter-into-spring story-time series, "You've Got the Cutest Giggle," is scheduled to begin Monday at the Tell City-Perry County Public Library.

The story times will run for 10 consecutive weeks, concluding the last week in April. The spring series introduces all new character traits - love, honesty, patience, thankfulness, faith, tact, joy, sharing, responsibility and confidence.

TROY - The town of Troy will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 to discuss a recently completed master utility study.

The hearing will be held at Troy Town Hall.

The study was funded by a Federal Community Development Block Grant from the Indiana Office of Rural and Community Affairs. Representatives of Midwestern Engineers, the company that did the study, will present their findings and recommendations on town utilities.

TELL CITY - A team of community members representing education, tourism, business and natural resources has been gathering monthly over the past year to talk about Perry County's future. The group's goals are twofold: identifying strengths that already make the county a great place to live and work - and sharing the good news with others, residents and visitors alike.

"We call ourselves a quality of life committee and our goal is to promote what our county already has to offer," said Eric Kehl, the committee's chairman.

TELL CITY - Staff members of all three Tell City-Troy Township schools have been meeting to work out details for how the closure of the city's junior-high school will affect students and the school board voted to officially change the name of Tell City High School during a regular meeting Tuesday.

Students finishing fifth grade this year will continue report to William Tell Elementary, Principal Laura Noble said.

"We had a very positive (kindergarten through sixth-grade) transition meeting at our building last week," she said.